by Joe Katzman | Apr 16, 2012 | Alliances, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Polar Regions, T&C - Booz Allen
* The US and the UK have finalized a bilateral defense trade treaty that puts in place a new exemption (§126.17- the UK Exemption) to ITAR(International Traffic in Arms Regulations). See Frequently Asked Questions. * QinetiQ touts BAE’s use of its Paramarine...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2012 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IAI, India, Israel, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, Russia, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, UAVs
* South Korea’s Daewoo continues to expand its military shipbuilding reach. Fresh off wins in Indonesia (Type 209 submarines) and Britain (MARS support ship/ oilers), it has signed an MoU with Peru for submarines and “multi-role support ships.” To...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2012 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Japan, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* Britain’s Type 45 air defense destroyers Dragon & Defender are finishing up 2nd trials. They share the PAAMS combat system and Aster-30 long-range air defense missiles with France’s Horizon Class, which just shot down a Coyote maneuvering supersonic...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2012 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Thales, USA
AN/PRC-152(click to view full) Radios are vital to US Special Operations Command. Their tactics depend on high levels of training and coordination, and their operations need both high-bandwidth networking and reliable communications when calling for backup. On top of...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2012 | Brazil, Budgets, Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - Political, Legal, Official Reports, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* The Pentagon’s 2013-2042 annual aviation inventory and funding plan is available via Bloomberg, in a context of aging aircraft. It says 5th generation assets will go from 7% of the current force of manned fighter aircraft to about 25% by FY 2022 based on a...
